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The city had a cold winter, and the ground had not fully thawed, leading to a higher flood risk. Beginning late on March 24 and spanning 24 hours, about 5 inches of rain fell in Central Ohio. Flooding occurred across Ohio, with many of its major rivers flooding. By 2 a.m. on March 25, it became clear that a major flood was developing.
The official death toll range for Ohio falls between 422 and 470. Flood-related death estimates in Indiana range from 100 to 200. More than a quarter million people were left homeless. The death toll from the flood of 1913 places it second to the Johnstown Flood of 1889 as one of the deadliest floods in the United States. The flood remains Ohio ...
The Great Miami River watershed covers nearly 4,000 square miles (10,000 km 2) and 115 miles (185 km) of channel that feeds into the Ohio River. [4] Other Ohio cities also had flooding from these storms but none as extensive as the cities of Dayton, Piqua, Troy, and Hamilton, along the Great Miami River. [5]
Greater Cincinnati rain records. According to the National Weather Service, the rainiest Jan. 24 in Cincinnati was in 1937, when the Queen City recorded 2.54 inches of precipitation. Record ...
The center of the storm became stationary over Thrall, dropping a storm total of 39.7 inches (1,010 mm) of rain in 36 hours. [24] The 24-hour rainfall total ending 7 AM on September 10, 1921 (38.2 inches) at a U.S. Weather Bureau station in Thrall remains the national official 24-hour rainfall record.
Ohio's capital received 2.05 inches of rain on Tuesday, a new record for April 2, according to the National Weather Service. In Akron, the NWS recorded 1.77 inches of precipitation. Likewise ...
Death Valley got 1.66 inches of rain earlier this week, the National Weather Service said early Wednesday in a 72-hour precipitation report. A temporary lake at Badwater Basin is rare, according ...
Estimated deaths ranged from 1800 to 25,000 people. Considered worst flash flood of history. 24 July 1982: 299 heavy rain maximum 187 millimetres (7.4 in) rainfall per an hour in Nagayo, Nagasaki, floods, landslides, and bridge, house, buildings collapses occur simultaneously in the suburbs of Nagasaki, Kyushu Island, Japan [4] 19 November 1983: 10